by Montagu Group | Feb 8, 2023 | Montagu Group
What role will Artifical Intelligence play in the changing recruitment landscape in Technology, Digital and Finance?
I’ve recently been on my own learning journey around, the potential artificial intelligence impact in Technolgy and Finance Recruitment.
Obviously it’s a very pertinent topic at the moment in a lot of aspects of our lives. But I’ve been trying to upskill myself with knowledge around, what the potential implications of it are, as it becomes much more powerful; which it’s definitely going to and what that means specifically with a people lens on it and talent solutions, both for our clients andour candidates. And what it means for us internally at Montagu Group, within the Technology and Finance Recruitment sector.
At this point in the journey, I’ve got as many questions as I’ve got answers. So would love any input and thoughts that anybody out there has on what the impact of AI, might be moving forwards in the workplace.
For me at the moment, I look at a lot of organizations and the way they’re structured is from an orch chart perspective, and from a Technology and Finance recruitment perspective, is quite functional. I think the functional component is exactly what artificial intelligence is going to remove. It can generate the content and produce the content but really I think where the people component is going to come in in the future is that content application and the creative thinking around that content.
So it’s led me to question what that means for organizations and for employees who are potential candidates in the finance and technolgy recruitment market, for a future role.
Are you an organisation thinking about Artificial Intelligence?
Are you continuing with perhaps your traditional recruitment process of looking to match people with the skills that you need? Or are you already moving away from that and thinking about the soft skills which are going to be the things like creativity, the ability to innovate that communication piece, the ability to join dots on data and draw inferences from that. Going into applying that to your organizational structure- What are the rules going to look like if those functional roles that are traditionally taken by the more junior members of the workforce don’t exist in that form anymore. How are you going to bring people in at the more junior level? And skill them up both in life experience and soft skill experience to be the leaders that you need in the future?
As a candidate do you have concerns, but more importantly guidance and support?
For candidates what do you need to look at? In your current skillset, particularly your soft skills to prepare yourself for this massive, evolving shift in the workforce, which whether we wanted to or not is coming very, very quickly, and I think it brings a whole lot of opportunity, but like, any major change, it brings a lot of challenges as well.
So I would love to just hear what people are thinking about the hiring strategy, how they’re going to go to market, how they’re going to structure the organization.
If youre a candidate, what you’re doing to prepare yourself?
We’d love to be part of that journey with you here at Montagu Group, if you are looking for a new role within the technolgy, digital or accounting sectors. So if there’s anything at all that we can do to help please reach out or share your thoughts we love to connect and chat about current topics we’re all thinking about.
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by Montagu Group | Feb 5, 2023 | Montagu Group
How did you begin your recruitment career in Information Technology and Finance?
So, I stumbled into Information Technology and Finance recruitment, I didn’t think that I would ever be in recruitment. I thought my path was in hotel management in five star hotels, doing all of that, but turns out, that’s not for me. We moved to Weipa. Which is a small mining town in Cape York. I started in mining and civil construction recruitment,it was very fast-paced.And basically, it was the only decent job there that I could get. And I didn’t want to work shift work, I didn’t want to go drive the trucks or anything.
How did you begin your role as Candidate Manager in IT and Finance at Montagu Group?
We actually left Weipa, we went traveling for almost 16 months and then we came back to the Gold Coast.I read this ad on Seek and I was like that’s good. That sounds really good, because I wasn’t too sure what I was going to do anyway. I saved that ad and then just went on with life, and then I applied for it just as it was expiring.I met and had a chat with Suki ;then we organized an interview and we all fell in love with each other.As silly as that sounds, but it just felt right.
Now I’m in IT, Accounting and Finance recruitment and I absolutely love it. I couldn’t picture myself doing anything else. Everybody that I speak to is just amazing. And yeah it’s just it’s very heartwarming this industry.
So, that’s how I stumbled into Information Technology and Finance recruitment. I loved it from day dot.
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by Montagu Group | Feb 3, 2023 | Montagu Group
How did you become a specialist in recruitment for Information Technology and Digital sectors?
My recruitment journey in Information Technology and Digital started because of my star sign which is pretty interesting. The lady that was the local recruitment company in the town that I grew up in, pulled up my resume one day because we were still in the filing system. (I’ve been doing recruitment for a while!) When she pulled out the resume and saw that my star sign was a Virgo, and she employed only Virgos. The bonus was that she saw that I did a degree in Human Resources, which prompted her to interview me and offer me a job. That’s how I fell into recruitment was because of my star sign.
What did you love about the role of talent solutions in Information Technology and Digital initially?
What I loved about the role is that it spoke to who I am and what I love doing. I think if you don’t enjoy working with people, then this job will quickly chew you up, and spit you out, because it’s 100% people based.
What challenges did you experience in your career?
So I did recruitment in George, which is a small town in South Africa, that that for about a year or two. Then we immigrated to Ireland and started my Information Technology and Digital career. Recruiting in Ireland, I didn’t know a thing about it recruitment, couldn’t understand a word that Irish was saying to me. It was a huge, huge learning, curve very steep. Loved it, every second of it, the Irish are amazing people. I’ve got a very soft spot for them in my heart and that, that was six years and then we applied for our permanent residency to come to Australia and in 2009. So my husband and I arrived here with a 10 month old baby girl. The timing was smack, bang in the middle of the global financial crisis in 2009.
What do you do in these kinds of times? You just start again.
What’s the biggest business reflection guiding you at the moment?
I’ve been privileged enough to work with some amazing companies in Information Technology, Digital and Finance. Some companies I still have relationships with and have have built that strong connection. Like Adele said, that center part of our our logo really or our tagline is that that human connection goes for clients and candidates and internally. Yeah, so that’s been the journey. Now we’re here at Montagu Group, and we’ve got a team together and it’s almost like all roads have led to here.
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by Montagu Group | Dec 9, 2022 | Montagu Group
The Art of Goal Setting
Many of us set goals at the start of a new year. We’re motivated to make positive changes and push ourselves past our current boundaries. But in all that excitement, we also need to ask ourselves some tough questions.
Knowing your values is the first step to achieving your goals. What do you value most? Is it success? Health? Happiness? Knowing what you value is the starting point for setting your goals, and making sure that they are aligned with who you are as a person and how you want to live life.
Five questions to ask yourself when reviewing your goals
By asking ourselves these 5 questions, we can be more confident about our goals and what they mean to us.
How do my values align with my actions – and do I know my values?
Am I accountable for the life that I’m living and who am I accountable to?
What are my life goals and am I proud to have them?
Are my actions helping me to achieve those life goals?
Do I have a sense of purpose in work and life, both personally and professionally?
If you want to discuss your your future and seriously evaluate you why and how – find someone who you trust to have those big honest conversations and once you have broken down whats really going on – you can start to set goals knowing your WHY.
To learn more about Adele and her experience in recruitment, read Adeles story here.
Want to discuss accounting and finance roles and the next step in you career? Make sure you contact Adele.
To learn about Sukis journey in recruitment read her story here.
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